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Capturing China's Environmental Crisis

10/7/2013 10:38PM

Sean Gallagher traveled to some of the most remote areas of China to document how climate change, industrialization and urbanization are changing the country's landscape. The WSJ's Lara Day chats with the photojournalist, author of the e-book "Meltdown: China's Environment Crisis."

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